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WRAPPING MACHINE.

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WRAPPING MACHINE.

APLIGATION FILED NOV. 25. 1901.

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v of Wrapping a package as performed in the so placingthe Wrapper on thepackage that and I dohereby declare that the following is UNITED STATESCOMPANY,` oF New YORK, Y.

wnAPPlNG- PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB P. IVRIGHT, OF AKRON` OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THEA DIAMOND MATCH ACORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.v

MACHINE.

Patented Nov.` 27, 1906.

Tn al] whom if muy concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB P. VRIGHT, of f Akron, in the county of Summitand in the State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Wrapping-Machines;

a full, clear, and exact description' thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of amachine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation; Fig. 3, anend elevation of the ma- 5 chine illustrated in-Fig. 1. Figs. 4 and 5are respectively longitudinal and transverse vertical cross-sections ofsuch machine, taken on the lines 4 4 and 5 5 of 1, respectively. Fig. 6is a partial transverse sectional view of the machine illustrated in thepreceding iigures, the section being taken on the line 6 6 of Fig. 2.Figs. 7, 8, and 9 are views of details of the machine of the precedingfigures Fig.' 10, a detail top planview, on a larger scale, of thepackageewrapping mechanism; Fig. 1 1, a viewof the same on the samescale in side elevation; Fig. 12, a view on the like scale of saidmechanismin longitudinal section. Figs. 13, 14, and 15 are detail viewsin perspective of certain minor parts of the machine; Fig. 16, a detailperspective view ot the'bed of the machine; Fig. 17 a detail vieW insection of the Wrapper-feed-controlling device. Figs. 18 and 19 areviewsof the means for feeding the Wrapping material from a roll of thelatter, and Figs. 2() to 26 are perspective views illustrating thevarious steps in the operation machine illustrated in the precedingfigures.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts ineach of the figures.

My invention relates to machines for wrapping articles and packages; andits objects have been to provide a machine that, While especiallyadaptedto Wrap packages or groups of match-boxes, shall also be capableof Wrapping other articles or packages and that shall have among otheradvanta es any or all of those of being automatic an rapid in itsaction, of forming perfect packages, of

printed matter shall be accurately situated in the desired position onthe finished package, of correctly and accurately forming the folds inthe Wrapper, and of securing the Wrapper wrapper, asshown' in Fig. 24.

by the use of adhesive material; and to such machine hereinafterspecified.

In general the steps in the operation of wrapping a package which are`performed by the machine embodying my invention are as illustrated inFigs. 20 to 26, inclusive. In

Y ends my invention consists in the wrapping- 5 5 performing suchoperation the articles which are to be wrapped are fed in from one sideof the machine in a group, as indicated in Fig. 20. The wrapper to beused is fed in above or below such group, (in the instance chosen thewrapper being above the group of articles,) such wrapper beingpreferably cut off from a roll of sheet material. The group of articlesis then thrust upward against the Wrapper, which latter is forcedbetween two parallel walls that are separated by a distancesubstantially equal to the horizontal width of the group of objects.This condition is represent-ed in Fi 2 1. One side of the wrapper isthen folde against the under side of the group of articles, as indicatedin Fig. 22.

The opposite side of the'wrapper is then fold- .material Which haspreviously been placed upon the last-inentioned side of the Wrapper. lAtthe same time that the first side of the Wrapper is folded the wrapperis folded against the adjacent vertical edges `of the package, thusbeginning the formation of the upper and lower end fiaps of the wrapper.

As the second side of the wrapper is folded against the under side ofthe package the Wrapper is folded about the adjacent vertical edges ofthe package, thus partially defining the end flaps of the Wrapper, asshown in Fig. 23. The upper and lower end Vflaps of the wrapper are thenpressed to sharply fold fthe The lower flaps are then folded up againstthe ends of 'the package, as shownin Fi 25. The, upper fiaps areprovided with a hesive material :on their under sides and are thenfolded over the lower flaps and secured in Fig. `26.

In carrying my invention intopractice I provide a rectangular bed A,which is su ported by leg-frames that are bolted to t e thereto, asshown .under side of the bed, at the ends thereof.'E A

driving-shaft B is mounted in bearin s. that are secured to thelee-frames, and suc 1 shaft extends longitudinalily beneath the centerIOO line of the bed. A transverse'rectangular opening a, is formed inthe bed, near the for- Ward end thereof, such end. being the left-' handend, as' seen in Fig. 2. Within the opening a, a rectangular plunger Cis situated, and such lun er has a vertical stem c, whose lower en is sotted or forked and straddles the driving-shaft. The lower end of theslot in the stem is closed below 41the/.shaft by a cross-bar. T heplunger is raised and lowered by abox-cain c', which is formed in a sideof a disk tvthat" isf'iiioiinted onvtlie'drivin -sliaft The earnAk engaes and movesfthe p un ersteni 'through t e medium of a roller c2, t atyis mounted on afstud' on thesaid, stern. The

plunger-stem is' held against" they 'cam-disk by `a'sleeve c?, Whichismountedn the drivingshaftbetweenthe'said stein'and a sprocketjwheel D,which 'latteris'fiXed-on the Said .i.;,,.1`A.`pa'ssage-way a 'for-'theintroductionof vvwrapped is forrned inthe topv of the bed and sage-waywhen' theplunger is raised.

Apackage-trough is constructed on the bed, thebase of the trough; beingforn'ied by. long and short sectionsE and E', respectively,

which. sections are flush with the ofthe opening a, tlie longvsectiongas seen. in Fig.- 2,

being. on theright side? of-..su ih 'opening and the shoits'ection onthe'leftfside thereof. The said'bottoin sections preferably consist ofhorizontal plate-like portions e2 and e3, 're-'1 spectively, supportedbyvertical sides e4 and e5, respectively, which latter are secured tothe bed. The lower corners of thesides e4 and e5 at the ends ofthe-,bottoni sect-ions next the opening a are roundedand are cut backhorizontally for a distance'froin such roundy ed portions at a l'evel ashort distance above the'bed ofthe table.V 'plate e, preferably ofsheet'inetal, is secured from side to side on eachv of the sides e4Landes along'th'e lower portions ofsuch rounded' corners" and along thesaid horizontal portions. *i In lthe uppercor,

ners offthesections E and E\"are formed -halflbearingg in which shaftse" and e8 arere-i spectively journaled, as'haft thusbeing lo^y cated on-each of' the long sides ofthe opening The'sh'a'ts are retained in'theirbearingsy (L. by c and t age-holdin' fingers e and e", which are fixedhubs and preferably th'readed into the shaft on the Sha t byVscrewspassing.through their ips vrliicli are screwed tothe sections ilUpon-the shaft wel areqnoun ted pack-JA There are preferably fourfingers e", two

ers beinor next the sides e* and two fingers being placed intermediatethe ends ofthe shaft opposite points where thefendsofthe match-boxescome against eacliotherg/but the number of fingers can be varied as-de-lsired to adapt the machine to the package to be formed. The intermediate`fingers are preferably, although not necessarily, double the .Width ofthe end fingers, and the various fingers are kept properly spaced apartby sleeves which are placed between thern on the shaft. Thefastening-'screws of the intermediate fingers are preferably madesuHici'ently long to serve as levers,` to which spixings el and elo areattached, the opposite ends of the springs being attached to' pins inthe portion eZ of the'section E. The shafts are thus given atendency toturn the fingers toward the boxes to be wrapped', which movenient islimited by stops the form of plates or arms e fand e, thatare securedbythe heads of screwswhich fasten the outer-fingers to the shaft, thefree ends' of the'arms coming. into contact with the under side of? theplatelike portion e2.

each finger near its upper endfon the side tof g ward4 the boxestoibeoperated upon, and the boxes canl rest upon andv be heldby suchshoulders. l f

'On thev shaft es-are freelyzpivoted al-series of fingerse13 and e, thre'being preferably one. finger-opposite each of the shouldered vfingerse and e". i The fingers e13 and e1B are kept vproperly positioned on theshaft by sleeves 'on the latter. Each finger comprises anupwardly-extending part having its corner nearest the end of a box cut-away,so as to prevent its catching on the box next to the one it isintended to o erate upon, a hub, and a rearwardly-exten ing .part whichis adapted to strike against the lower side of the plate-like portion e3of the section E', .and thus to limit the movement of the fingers in thedirection of the` boxes. Eachl rearwardly-extending part of each fingere13 `has a downwardly-extending pin to which one end of a spring isattached, Whose opposite end is attachedl to a pin-on the under side ofthe plate-like portieri eyand thus each finger independently of thelothers yis lnormally IOC rio

The independent actiongo'f the fingers cf3 adapts them`tohold1ainu1nbersof\objeets of different dimensions inl'aidireetion-longitudif nally offthebed--as," forj instance, a'a numberof match-boxes .'or grows* o'f' .match-boxes 'whose thickness is notuniform. On each Iside ofthe bottomrsection E-a-'paperguide eu issituated; each ofssuch guidesconsistingv of a plate which is upwardlyand rearwardly inclined and then extends horizontally and which has anear by which it is secured to the section E. The said paper-guides serveto guide the body and bottom aps of the wrapper up upon the section E.

, The sides of the package-trough are formed by guides F and F, whichare supported on the bottom section E by brackets. The rearward ends ofthe guides, or the ends farthest from the plunger-opening in the bed,are supported by brackets f and f, whose lower ends are bolted to thesides of the section E and which have a vertical portion above suchsection, `which portion is offset away from the said section, and ahorizontal portion extending over the said section. The guides aresecured to -the inner faces of the offset portions of the brackets f andf. The forward portions of the guides are supported by brackets f andf', each of which has its lower end bolted to a side Vof the section Eand above the bottom of the trough has a horizontal return-bend orU-shape portion whose open end extends toward the trough. Above the saidreturn-bend or U- shape portion each bracket extends vertically, and theguides F and F are secured to the inner faces of such vert-icalportions. The guides F and F are supported by the brackets f and f aslight distance above the upper face of the section E, so that there isa space between such parts.

, Each guide F consists of a strip whose forward end f2 extends nearlyto the forward end of sec-tion E of the trough-bottom, such end beingtapered to a rounded point and b eing bent outward or away from theinterior of the trough. At a point to the rear of its tapered end theguide has formed in it a package-flap folder j 3, consisting of acurvedsurfacef, which is inclined rearward and upward from the lower edge andwhich is beveled or curved inward. Such surface is continued below thelower edge of the guide proper by means of a block f5, fastened to suchlower edge. Forward of the curved flap-folding surface f 3 the guide Flis cut away, and its lower outer surface isbeveled downward and inwardtopermit the flap to be folded by the flap-folding surface f3. At apoint in the rear of the flap-folderf3 a second flap-folderf6 is formedin each guide, the latter fia -folder having a downwardly and rearward yinclined surface f7, similar to the surfacef4 of the former folder, andthe guide is cut away and beveled in front of the surfacef7 as in frontof the surface f4. On the upper edge of the guide a strip f 8 issecured, so as to form substantially a continuation of the surfacefl,such strip having itsv rearward end curved away from the guide to catchand direct the package-flap against the said surface. upper package-flapis secured on the outer face of each guide F, each of such flap-guidesconsisting of a strip of sheet metal secured to its guide F by means oflears formed thereon,

A guide f for the under side of the the forward end of the strip beingcurved downward.

A pair of brackets G and G is secured to opposite sides of the forwardend of the trough-bottom section E', and a bar g is se-A cured to suchbracket-s and extends across the bed. Two top rails g and g of thetrough extend over and longitudinally of the trough, and. they aresecured at their forward ends to the bar g and at their rearward ends tothe horizontal portions of the bracketsf andf. Top guides g2 and gv2 forthe upper sides of the top a s are secured to each top rail, on theouter si e thereof, by means of plates g3 and g3, each of which issecured to one of such top rails t-o which is secured one' of the saidguides. The guides g2 and g2 consist o f strips of sheet metal extendingover and parallel with the guides f 9 andj'f, the extremitiespf theguide/s g2 andgg2 preferably being` slightly curved upward and suchguides having a general lnclination downward toward the guides fg andfg.

Near the rearward end of the bed a central longitudinal slot H isformed, and a guiderod slide 7i is mounted on the bed over such slot andhas a rib which extends int-o the same. A plate 71. is secured to thesaid rib on the under side of the bed, and thus serves to fasten theslideto the bed. Onthe plate L are mounted two antifriction-rollers h2and h2, which are secured thereto by screws that are threaded into thesaid plate and which have cylindrical Shanks upon which the rollers canturn. 'A cam I is keyed on t-he drivin -shaft, such cam consisting of acylindrical body having a cam-rib on its periphery, the rib` beingreceived between the roll-l ers h2 andh2 and through them moving theslide. The slide h is provided with two arms which extend outwardlythrough slots in the sides of the longer trough-bottom sectionl E andwhich then extend upwardly and terminate in cylindrical bosses in whichare secured slide-rods 713 and 713. The said sliderods extend forwardlyand pass through bearings formed in the brackets G and G. At

-points on the slide-bars rearward of the said brackets a feed andfolder bar J is secured to such bars and reciprocates therewith. The

under surface of the folder-bar is slightly above the trough-bottomsections, and four horizontal slots are formed in its lower portion topermit the said bar to pass over the package-holding fingers e and e. Onthe under surface of the bar J between and beyond the slotted portionsare fastened five bottom folders j and j, each of which consists of aplate having an end which projects rearward a considerable distancebeyond the rear face of the folder-bar, which end is preferably rounded.The number of such folders can be varied as desired. The troughbottomsection E is slotted or recessed on its upper surface to receive thefolders j and in of the folder-bar J twoseries of end folders v. j and jare fastened. Each of such folders consists of a base, by which it issecured to O 5,* ghe ratchet-wheel and glue-wheel being fixed thefolder-bar,v and of a rearwardly-projecting and tapering plate risingtherefrom, the vertical inner face of such plate being substantially inthe plane of the inner face of the corresponding guide F- Therel arepreferably two folders y" and y" upon each end of the bar J, suchfolders being respectively above and below the end of the correspondingguide F, so that the latter can be received between them;

. In order to hold the package from lspringing back after' the feed `andfolder bar 'J has carried it rearward, a package-holdback K is provided.The said holdback preferably consistsof two parallel bars 7c and k, thatare provided with eyes at their forward .ends and each of which has laforwardly-beveled shoulder 7c" and le near but at a distance forward ofits rear end. The bars k and c are connected by a cross-bar k2 and aremounted by means of their eyes on trunnions that are secured to thecross-bar g on the brackets Gand G. The beveled shoulders are soositioned that they can drop behind the pac age when it has been forcedrearward by the feed and folder bar J, the rear end of the bars c and kat the same time resting on the top of the package and preventing thebars themselves from falling below the level of the top of the.

ery situated just below the plane of the under surface of the top flapof the package, so that such flap shall'come into contact with the wheelin passing through the trough. Each lue-wheel is turned by. al pawl andratchet,

on the shaftand thepawl being carried by a gear l2, thatvv is loose.onfthe shaft. yCollars are-secured on the `endsy .ofthe `shaftsoutsidethe brackets, thus preventing inward .motion of the shafts. Each.geaigl2 isV-driven by a rack la, the latter, 'being supported on the lthrough which Atherslide-rods pass," Each rackhas a shield Z4, fastenedto its outer side,

slide-rods ha and hff'fby "means of bosses and such shieldsv havevhorizontal `portions which extend over the pawls and ratchets,`

A and from the outer edge of the said horizonesame l lpans can beWithdrawn by beingl .Pans Z5 and Z5 for glue orother adhesive materialin which theglue-wheels turn are supported in slots or openings in thebed by Wire frames VZ? and ZG, having parallel pins Iwhich pass throughhorizontal holes in the bed and extend across the saidslotsor openings.Each frame Z6 is provided with an outwardlyextendin loop which serves asa handle and enables t e frame to straddle the rib of the bra'cket L.`When the frames l and leare drawn outward beyond the slots, thegluelowered through the slots. Each glue-pan as a vertical guard-plateon the side toward itsrespective guide F to protect the latter fromglue. Each rack carries a pressure-plate Z7, which extends over theupper liap of the package and serves to press the said fla against theglue-wheel as the packa e is forced rearward. The gear-wheelv an 'theglue-wheel are of the same diameter, so that the latter has only arolling' contact with the flap, and thereby most effectively and evenlyapplies glue thereto. A scraper Z8 is rovided for each glue-wheel, eachof W ich Scrapers consists of a forked plate that is sue-a cured to andrises from the bed, and each glue-wheel. is received in the forked endof its scraper. l K

A plate M is so secured to the bed that ift spans the passage-way atherein by `which e boxes enter the space over the plunger, y

and a plate m is secured to the under sidejof. the, plate M and extendslongitudinally of such passage-way frm the side ofthebedto a pointdirectly over the nearest edge of the plunger. The plate m serves as acover to the box passage-way a', and its inner lower edge m is beveled,so vthat it 4tends to push the llast row of boxes completely over theplunger as the plunger rises in case such row has not been fullyadvanced by the feedingl mechanism., The adjacent upper edge c4 of theplunger is likewise beveled, so as to push 'back the front row of boxesremaining in .the

box passage-.way a during such movement lOO in case such row has beenadvanced so far as to be in the path of the plunger.

A pairV of brackets N i and N is secured to f Ithe side vof the bedon-opposite sides of the passageeway af, each' of which brackets has anear n, which fits over the plate M, and that is secured to the bed by abolt passing both.

through the said ear andthe plate. l .A flange 7L onl each bracketprojects laterally there-4 from and lies against the side ofthe bed towhich it is secured. Each bracket supports d upper and-lowerbearings'and has formed in its face that-is opposite the other bracket.a horizontal slot in which is secured a bar a2; that projects'away fromthe bed and serves 'as a side `of a box-feed trough. A shaft is mountedin the lower bearings that are suported by `brackets N and N, and abelt-puley 71,3 is mounted o n and turns with such shaft.

A' similar belt-pulley n4 is mounted in bearings that are secured to aU-shaped strap which connects the bars n2 and n2 near their be wrappedinto the machine. A belt-guide such point. Upper and lower shafts p andp are mounted in bearings in the brackets P and P, and each shaft ispreferably proouter ends. A carrier-belt 'n runs on the pulleys n3 andn4 and serves to convey boxes to in the form of a U-shaped trap hangsfrom the ,i

side bars n2 and n2 close to each side of the belt. A brush-wheel ne Lofany desired construction is mounted on a shaft that turns in the upperbearings of the brackets N and N, which wheel is in contact with theupper side of and helps advance the rows of boxes. The pulle)T 'n3 isdriven by a sprocket-chain '917, which runs over a sprocket-gear 11,8 onthe driving-shaft and also over sprocket-gear 3on the shaft of the saidbelt-pulley. The brushwheel is driven by a crossed belt running overpulleys on the shafts of the brush-wheel and I r3, that is fixed 'uponthe driving-shaft.

the pulley n3.

By the construction of the trough-bottom sections and bed a passage-wayO is formed` for the reception of the wrapper, such passage-way havingfor its bottom the portions of the bed upon each side of the opening aand beneath the plates e6 and e. The passage is closed upon the sidefrom which the articles to be wrapped enter by the adjacent verticalface of the plate M. On the opposite side of the bed and upon oppositesides of the passage bracketsP and P are secured to the bed, on whichbrackets are supported the devices which feed the wrapper into thepassage O. In the side of the bed where are the brackets P and P( is alongitudinally-extending slot Q, in which a 'knife g is adaptedto bereciprocated vertically to sever the Wrapper from the strip kof materialAof which it is formed. The knife is bolted toga knife-slide -q, whichlatter is-supported `by two links g2 and g3, that are pivoted to thebed'and to such slide. The knife-slidezhas an ear to which is pivoted alinkg, whose op osite end vided with a series of feed-rolls p2 and p3,although a single feed-roll can be mounted upon each shalt, such roll'extending the len th of the series. The periphery of each fee( -roll ofone series, preferably the series of the upper shaft, is provided with aflattened portion p", the iattened portions of the rolls being in linewith each other. If desired, the rolls of both series can be attened, asabove described. The circumference of the feedrolls is slightly greaterthat the length of the wrapper to be used.

Upon the lower shaft a glue-Wheel p is mounted, and a'glue-pan p6 issecured to the bracket, s o that the lower portion of the gluewheel isreceived therein. Such glue-panis preferably provided with adownwardly-extending ear which is adapted to be engaged by a hand-screwp7, that passes through the bracket and engages a threaded hole in theear. A scraper p8 is screwed to an arm extending horizontally froma'vertical lever that is fulcrumed on the bracket P, and such scraperstraddles the glue-wheel, so `as not only to regulate the depth of glueupon the periphery, but to scrape the sides of the gluewheel. A groovep10 is formed in the wrapper-passage in line with the glue-wheel, sothat the glued portion of the Wrapper does not touch the bed in enteringsuch passage. Between the said groove and opening a a series of groovesare formed longitudinally in the bed, so that thewrapper is supported atsuch place only along narrow lines, and interference with the adhesivematerial on the wrapper when the glued portion ofthe latter is drawnover the bedduring the upward is connected with an arm on a roc -shaftR,

that extends transversely of the bed and is journaled in bearingssecured to th'e under side of the latter. Near the center of the bed thesaid rock-shaft has a second rockarm, that is pivoted to a slide r,which latter is mounted in a slideway formed on a block 7", that issecured to the under side of the bed.

The slide r has an antifriction-roller secured to its under side, as bya screw passing through the roll'and ythreaded into the slide,

which roll is received ,in a cam-groove r2, formed in the face ofacylindrical cam-body A support S, against which the knife cuts, extendsacrss the wrapper passa e-way and is `supported slightly above the be,as by fillingpleces placed thereunder, the inner face of i such supportbeing inthe line of movement of the knife-ed e. The edge of, theknifeopenin in the ed opposite to the knife is bevele( so that thewrapper will not catch at of movement ofv the plunger is reduced to aminimunr :In order that the wrapper may notcatch rupon thelast-mentioned grooves, their walls on the sides away from theWrapper-feed rolls are inclined in thedirection in .which the wrappermoves in entering. An eccentric Tfis mounted upon the drivingshaft, theconnecting-rod lof which eccentricis pivoted toa gear t, that isjournaled `on a stud on the bracket P. 7 The Lmovement of the eccentriccauses oscillation of the gearI through apart only of a circle, andsuchgear is, in effect, a*` segment, and a segment can be substitutedtherefor, ifdesired. r The gear t meshes withapinion t', loosely mountedon the lower wrapper-feed shaft, which pinionl carries a pawl thatengages a ratchet-Wheelv which is fixed ,upon thesaid shaftY on theforward end thereof. 5 On the rearward ends of 1 the upper and Ilowerwrapper-feed shafts are fixed intermeshing gears t2 and tz-w lAWrapper-registering cylinder??` is mounted `upon al shaft that is`journaled in the brackets vP andv P, and motion is communicated to theshaftv 1 such cylinder by a gear t, fixed on such los sitioned upon theregistering-cylinder"by enl gagenient of the pins ,with the forwardvsides of the said slots. A wrapper idler-roller t8 ,is'mounted inbearings in the brackets P and ;`,P, parallel to'but outside of thefeed-rolls,

theupper portion of its periphery being preferably substantially in theplane of meeting of the two feed-rolls. A pair of yokes t9 and .t9straddle vthe shaft of4 theroller. t8 and are provided with ears thatare connected by a bar #0,' in which barare secured the outer ends ofwrapperguide'iingers t1 and tu.

:The latter consist of rods which extend .in the direction of movementof the Wrapper between the wrapper-feed rolls and which have their outerends supported upon the upper surface of. the bed. A bridgetlg,consisting of a, metal platehaving one edge bent at an angle to theplate to secure it tot-he side of the. bed7 extends from the edge of`thel `bed to 'the .wrapper-feed rolls to carry the wrapper fromsaidrolls over upon the bed. yA wrapper-tension rod t13 is ixedlysecured in-holes in the brackets .P and P', and collars t :and tt* aresecured upon such rod adjacent to the innerfaces of the said brackets,the adjacent 'faces'of which collars aremade conical, so as ,tieredcones, which are adepte y into andl snugly fity the opening 1n the lrollu..

lto `roperly position the wrapper longitudinal y 'of .the rod. The' saidcollars have secured in holes .therein a wrapper brake-rod 1515, theposition of which relative `-to the path of .the wrapper can be alteredby turning the rod vtinits bearing. 4

The Wrapper is preferably fed to the wrapping-machine so that there isal slack portion between the brake rod and the source of supply ofthewrapper. For such pur ose I rovide, as illustrated in FlgsllS Il 1.9,a ame which is situated upont-he same sidevof my machine as thel wraperfeed mechanism and in linetherewith, w ich frame is provided at itsend lfarthest from the Wrapping-machine with brackets Ui and "U, hlllgQ' en bearings'in which a' shaft u can be ls feate The shaft u isadapted to support the roll u of wrapping material and may le termed inany convenient manner. Preterably` it is provided with op(pos`rtelypos1t'o be forced 0,11 tbz@ and of the frame adjacent'thewrap- Pulg-machine.9. pair of brackets fu?. and 'a2 are Secured, and such brackets are.provided by the lower l with open bearings in which are received theupper one l ,the ends of the shaft of the lower teed-roll a3; An upperfeed-roll u4 is mounted in bearings formed in ac yoke that is pivoted toears on the brackets and `that hasl a weightsupporting arm'by which thepressure of the upper roll upon the lower roll can be regulated. Uponone end of the shattof the lower feed-roll a pinion is fixed, and suchpinion meshes with a pinion that turns upon a stud on the sideotthebracket fu?. The latter pinion has secured-thereto a sprocketwheelthat is driven by a sprocket-chain from a similar wheel D uponthedrivingyshait ,of

lthe wrapping-machine, The driving-.shalt of the Wrappmg-machine is,preferably provided with a loosely-mounted belt-pulley4 b, which can .beclutched4 toits shaftjbyany convenient j form ofv clutch. 'The clutchwhich I prefer is operated by a hand7wheel that is ldrawn with the beltin starting and that can be made to` release the clutch' by merelyholdingsuch wheel 'rom turning with the shaft. l y

'In the operation of my machine the wrapper is led from' the roll ofmaterial between the rolls 11,3 and u, under' the brake-rod t, over vthetension-bant, around andunder the regis-t ering-c'ylinderft* the slotsin the wrapper being made yto register with the pins Vt7, over theidler-rollI t8, and through the wrapper-feed rolls. 'The driving-shaftvis then set 'in'm6tion,'andithe wrapper is advanced'fby'zthe yfeed-rollsthrough the ywrapper-passage'until it comes linl contact 'with l,

the side ofthefplate M1. In 'feedingl-thewraperthefeedrolls because-,0f"their size draw a IOO ength slight-ly'greater,than theA length of thedesiredwrapper.` YIn thus drawing more than the -length y"ofthe desiredvWrapper vthe feed- Arolls throughthe wrapperstri carry the registeringcylinder" forward vrs ightly ,beyond what its gearing'wouldljdrive it,being vpermittedby ltli"e"play in the gearing which -practical-lyalvvays'exists Aand being a very small distance. When' the viattened placesupon`-the upper `feed-roll come opposit'the lower feed-roll, the wrapperismomentarily released and. its forward motionf is, checked.`

During this period o'f comparative rest of the wrapper the pins `t7a'nd't7 on the registering-I cylinder advance until they come in contactwith `the forward walls of the slots in the wrapper, when thefeed-rolls'again take hold of the wrapper-strip and 'cause it toadvance. Theftension rod and brake rod hold the wrapper material fromleither advancing or, recedln'g at thepoint where they engage it of itsown Weight. `By" the act-ion a ove V-derscribed slightly morethan'thefdesired length of material is fed forward, and 1the wrapper#strip is then released,l and, its .onward movement `stopping While therotation of the registeringroll continues, the registering-pins will bebrought into engagement lwith the forward sides of the slots in thestrip, and the feed-rolls then take a new hold upon the wrapper-strip.This operation instead of adding together the unavoidable errors whichseparate feeding of the wrapper-strip give` and thus producing an errorwhich would render impossible the proper placing of printing materialupon the package, causes each operation of feeding to be independent ofall the other operations of feeding and to be made with the slots in thewrapper as starting-points, so that accurate feeding of a strip of greatlength is secured. The tingers t and t lie upon the wrapper andyieldingly hold it in contact with the bed-surface. so as to preventbuckling. The feed-rolls can. if desired. be operated continuouslyinstead of intermittently. The use of a series of pins or rows of pinsupon the registeringcylinder enables me to feed wrapping maerial that ismuch thinner and less substantial than would be the case if but a singlepin or row of pins were used. The pins engage the wrapper at more pointsthan would be the case with a single row. and the cylinder being ofgreater circumference affords a better opportunity for the wra per toadhere to its surface and to be fed t ereby than would be the case of acylinder adapted to feed but one length of wrapper. As the wrapperpasses through the feed-rolls glue is applied thereto b v theglue-wheel. and such glued portion of the wrapper passes over thegro'ove in the bed-face and is therefore not injured. The cam 1** thenreciprocates the slide r and by means of the rock-shaft, rock-arms. andlink tauses the knife-slide to swing upon its supporting-links. Thismovement carries the nife upward across the wrapper-passage and acrossthe face of the supporting-bar. against which it forces the latter andsevers the ltLtGI.

Boxes of matches are placed upon the carrier-belt and are carriedthereby toward the plunger, the brush-wheel both assisting directly tomove the boxes and to press them upon the belt carrier to increase thehold of the latter upon the boxes. The boxes advance until they meet thewall of the opposite side of the plunger, when a group of twelve boxes.in three rowsof four each, will have been formed over the plunger. Theplunger now rises. carrying with it the froup of twelve boxes, andcloses, by means of its apron. the passage a', and thus prevents theadvance of the column of boxes during its movement up and down.The-upward movement of the plunger causes the boxes to carry the wrapperwith them, the wrapper being drawn out from under the plates e6 and tand by contact therewith and with the ends of the sections .E and Ebeing folded against the vertical sides of the lgroup of boxes. The`upward movement of the plunj faces of the guides F and ger continuesuntil the partially-wrapped package is supported upon the shoulders c"of the fingers @9 and e9, againstI which fingers it is pressed by thefingers e and e3,each of which latter fingers, independently of theot'hers. acts upon the box which may be nearest to it, so that each rowof boxes is firmly held independently of the others, and the longer rowsdo not prevent the shorter rows from being held with equa-l security.The feed-bar .l is now moved rearward. such movement being performed bythe cam I through the slide and feed rods of the feedbar. As thefeed-bar ap )roaches the package its lower folders j and j tuck theportion of the wrapperfwhich extends below the )ackage underthe package.after which its folders j and 1" turn the wrapper around the adjacentvertical edges of the package. The feed-barr J then carries the packagebodily rearward, the fingers e9 yielding to permit such movement. As the'package moves rearward the forward edge of the section E causes theadjacent portion of the wrapper which extends below the package to beturned against its under face and upon the portion which has previouslybeen. turned against the under face of the package. T he endsf'f of theguides F and F then come into contact wit-h the wrapper and cause it tobe folded around the adjacent vertical edges of the package and againstthe ends thereof. The upper and lower end flaps of the wrapper are thuspartially formed. The feedbar J causes the package to be moved rearwarduntil the shoulders le and 1; of the holdbaek drop behind the package.The feed-bar is then retracted to its forward position. As t-he feed-barmoves successive packagesrearward the first package iscarried rearwardthrough the trough and in so moving the upper end flaps of the packageare carried between the guides it"J and the guides g2, and the edges ofsuch flaps are sharply defined by the4 ressure of the said guides uponopposite sit' es of the flap. The lower flaps are turned upward by thefolding-surfacesjB and f* as the package progresses rearward, and

the inner surfaces of the guides F and F press such flaps against theends of the package. During the further progress of the package rearwardthe pressure-plates Z7 and Z7 press upon the upper surfaces of the fla sand hold them while they ass over the g tie-wheels. Such pressureatestravel at the same speed as the pac 'age, and the peripheries of tieglue-wheels also travel at such speed, owing to the action of the racks13 and Z3. After having had glue applied to the end surfaces of theupper fiaps such flaps are engaged by the inclined surfaces f and f andare turned downward over the lower flaps, against which they are held bvthe inner sur- F until the glue IIO lI 2O in t ewra per at o positeendsand adapted I 'l tion of two parts that are separated a disthe spacebetween saidv parts, and -forcing 2 5 f said object, with its'wrapper,into andthi'ough surfaces situated in different vershely of the troughvand at di j applying means adjacent to vthe trough, substantially asdescribed. f f

` jects into the trough, anda plurality of iixed each other, and atrough' having, its sides formed each with aplurality. 'of fixed -rej-ftrough and at different points along'. the saine to engage the fiaps insuccession andfold one k3. In a wrapping-machine, the combina-' has set.When the ackage issues from the vrear end of the pac age-trough, it iscom-- pletely Wrapped.

Various changes can be made-in the aboveillustrated construction, whichchanges will be within the scope of my inventionyandt theabove-described machine is merely to bev regarded as one embodimentthereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- Y "1 1. Inawrapping-machine, the combinatance substantially equal to one dimensionofthe package to be wrapped, means for moving an object against awrapper held across such object and wrapper into `said space, wherebythe wrapper is causedto cover three sides of said object, a trough in aside of which 1s a plurality of fixed reversely-inclined fold-V ers,having inwardly beveled or curved. surfaces arrangedin different planestransversely the `trough so that the wrapper en ages said folders insuccession, substantial yl-as .described.` 5

2. 'In a wra pin -machiie, thejcombinationof means or foIding awrapper'about an object or objects and forming flaps opposite.

yersely-inclined fiap-engagingfortioiis, havingV in wardly beveled orcurve surfaces' situated in different planes transverselyof fthe afterthe other, substantially asde'scrihe'd. L'

tion of means for fo ding a wrapper about an object or objects andforming'flaps opposite each other, a trou h comprising-side'guideshaving each an en to engage and fold a portion of the wrapper and havingalso a plurality of ixedn reversely-extending flap-engaging` lanestransrent points along the same to engage the flaps in successionandfold one after the other, and gluethree Isides of anobject' orQ-obje'cts endsfj reci vrocating device having fingers to tuck to move t eparta y-wrapped objector-obreverselyextending Hap-engaging surfaces ineach side of the trough situated at differfaportion oft troug en entpoints along the said trough lso as to engage flaps at the ends of thepackage "in sucl trough comprising side guides havingeach a plurality offixed reversely-incliiied flap-engaging devices having inwardly beveledor curved surfaces situated in different lanes transversely ofthe troughand at di erent points along the troughsto successively engage opposingflaps and fold .the same one after t .tially asdescribe 6. In a wiraping-machine, y.the combinationv of a pac age-trough, comprising sideguides, having each two flap-engaging devices situated 1n differentplanes'tran'sversely of the trough and at different points along thetrough to successively enga e opposing fiaps and fold the same one aftert e other upon the' package, and a reciprocating device for movingpackages through the trough. g

7. In a -wrapping-machine, a packingtrough comprisi side guides havingeach'an end'to en age an fold a portion of the wrapper, and aviiig eachtwo flap-engaging devices situated .in diierenfpl'anes transversely.

of the trough' and at di rent points along the trou h to successivelyvengi/,age opposing flaps an fold thesfanie. onea er the other lipon thepackagfsribs'tantially as described.

In a wraping-machine, the combinae other u on the package,'substantion`of apac age-trough, comprising side guides hav'iixgl'each an end toengage and fold e Wrapper and having each two VHap-engaging devicessituated in different lanes transversely of the trough'andat dif-'ierentvpointsf alo the trough to successively engage opposing aps andfold the same one A after the otheifupion the package, and meansage'into the trough having Y for moving fa' pac ei'ltensionsgtc engageandfold ortions of the wrap er (pposite those acte upon by the s,.substantially/as described.

9. In a wrapping-machine, thefcombina- `tion vofya package-trough,having a vbottom guides, havin'gi'ac an end to engage and fold a portionofthe Wrapper, and having each two flap-engaging devices situated indifferj i ent planes transversely of the trough, and at I `4. In a Wraping-machine, thefcombinsnJ- S f tion of means/ oi"Vfolding-awrapperabouti projectingtherefrom, a trough:` comprising.:parallel' sides intov and through-Which the same j ,is p'assed,eachof-'said sideshaving an'endtd engage andold ia portion Cof thewrapper, 'a'

dii'erentcpoiiit'sxalong the same to succes- 'fsi'jvelyengge-opposing'aps Iand fold the same one ter-the other upon 'the packae and means'to move a partially-Wra ed pac IOO los

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` thatforms ajfla -folder, andl having.- Side einge;into. themtrough,substantia y"as de- 10;, Ina .thefcombina- I l tion of a package-troughhavingla vbottom

